Re: Dumb questions to apic

2017-05-24 Thread Hans
Hi Tomaž, > > LAPIC = Local Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller > (local refering to a CPU in a SMP system having its own controller) Yes, local, but what does local mean? Is it hardware related or local in the software? > ACPI and APM are system features directly related to power

Re: Dumb questions to apic

2017-05-24 Thread Tomaž Šolc
On 24. 05. 2017 13:54, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > I don't know for sure, but this thing from the Inertubes looks similar > (there it is apic, the OP is lapic, but the remaining phenomenology > looks similar. Perhaps a search on "power off apic" turns up more > relevant dirt :) Let me rephrase. In

Re: Dumb questions to apic

2017-05-24 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 01:40:56PM +0200, Tomaž Šolc wrote: > On 24. 05. 2017 13:04, Hans wrote: > > "lapic" is local apic, but what is this? > > APIC is Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller. This is not directly > related to power management.

Re: Dumb questions to apic

2017-05-24 Thread Tomaž Šolc
On 24. 05. 2017 13:04, Hans wrote: > "lapic" is local apic, but what is this? APIC is Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller. This is not directly related to power management. Interrupt controller manages how the processor receives interrupts from peripherals. It seems unlikely that it could

Dumb questions to apic

2017-05-24 Thread Hans
Dear list, this is a little bit offtopic. I got a broken notebook as a gift (did not start, no bios screen, nothing!). Now I managed to get it running again. Everything is working, execpt the bios. The bios is broken, and the backup battery is empty in seconds. But that is not the problem,